Diplomat Demands: Security and Secrecy

Foreign Officials Descend on New York's Hotels for United Nations Meetings

Nearly 200 high-maintenance political leaders will be descending on Manhattan hotels during the next few days, demanding extra care and feeding while they attend the United Nations General Assembly meetings.

Visiting prime ministers and potentates want to stay at hotels that accommodate teams of Secret Service police, and they demand that security staff install surveillance equipment and metal detectors. Many hotels send marketing...